China Maintains ‘Problematic’ Policies Against Uyghurs, UN Says

August 29, 2024 | Sourcing Journal | By Jasmin Malik Chua

But more than a dozen Uyghur rights organizations, including the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the World Uyghur Congress, are urging the UN Human Rights Council to take “urgent action” at its upcoming 57th session, which opens on Sept. 9. Writing in a joint letter on Wednesday, they said that 17 HRC members voted in support of a debate on the human rights office’s findings in October 2022, paving the way for an independent investigation into the alleged atrocities, but that Beijing “reportedly mobilized” 19 members to vote against the initiative and 11 to abstain.

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